Lorde is nearing the end of her highly successful festival run, following her widely acclaimed and sold out Ultrasound World Tour where performed at many arenas. The reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, with many critics praising the pacing, set design, art direction, technical elements, and Lorde's stage presence.

I got to see her opening night in Austin and in Ciudad de Mexico and they were both quite honestly some of the loudest and most energetic crowds I've had the privilege of being a part of. Both magical nights. Hoping I can make it to weekend two of ACL for her closing night of her tour run.

Some of the widespread acclaim received so far. There are more non-score reviews with overwhelming praise in the blurb and body of the articles, but only including several of the numerical scores awarded by publications.

The Telegraph (2025, Ultrasound): ★★★★★

The Telegraph (2026, festival run): ★★★★★

London Evening Standard (2025, Ultrasound): ★★★★★

The Guardian (2025, Ultrasound): ★★★★★

The Independent (2026, festival run): ★★★★★

Rolling Stone Australia (2026, Ultrasound): ★★★★★

Rolling Stone UK (2026, festival run): ★★★★★

The i Paper (2025, Ultrasound): ★★★★★

Sydney Morning Herald (2025, Ultrasound): ★★★★★

Lollapalooza Brasil set ranking

Biggest publications in Brasil: Estadão (No. 1), UOL (No. 1), g1 (No. 1)

So… what went right?

She stopped shushing her audiences lol.

There's something about seeing her live that is so captivating on a viscerally human level. Whether people like Virgin or not, she's kind of cementing herself as a veteran with this era and it's very much deserved after people were questioning her during SP

She honestly sounds so bad live.

Love her though.

Is she

Ultrasound and this festival set were two of the most impressive sets I've ever seen from an all over creative perspective.

Lorde and Tino Schaedler worked to craft a giant spectacle that still feels extremely intimate, the overall energy and emotionality are incredible from anywhere in the crowd — at times in the festival set I wished I were further back in order to be able to take it all in

Ahhhh this legendary Croatian performer of Greek Orthodox heritage.

Well I saw her on her last tour and I agree with every praise! The way she connected to the audience was incredibly special and something I've seen very rarely at this level.

She's one of the best performers of our generation and most people don't realise it.

saw her at All Points East on Saturday and she tore the **** downnnnn

18 minutes ago, Pop said:

She's one of the best performers of our generation and most people don't realise it.

People do realize it, hence the demand, acclaim & hype. Just not ATRLers, since the demographic here is very slow & old, and also obsessed with charts only.

OT: deserved, and I'm not surprised in the slightest.

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I flew to Luxembourg to see her and she cancelled on the spot so sad I didn't get to see her m, hopefully next time around

We love a successful woman

She's getting a lot of good reviews for her headlining slot at All Points East, London in the weekend.

• https://www.clashmusic.com/live/lorde-dominates-all-points-east-2026/

• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/lorde-all-points-east-restored-my-faith-in-modern-music/

• https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/lorde-review-all-points-east-london-b5ncgnqvl

She's great live. Hopefully this build goodwill for next album.

Also saw her in London on Saturday. The show was already incredibly impressive during the arena tour but the festival show was something else... Fusing vulnerability with technology. It was spectacular

I wasn't the biggest fan of Virgin and still think she is musically capable of much more but the show made me appreciate the album so much more.

I saw her live this year and it was the closest to a transcendental religious experience I've ever had so yeah they are not wrong with all the acclaim

Talent and mostly good music, notice how nobody cared about that flop Solarpower

I saw her in March at Lollapalooza Chile. Hearing "Ribs" at night with the whole crowd cheering was magical. I'm not exaggerating when I say she has a great stage presence.

I hope her next tour brings her to South America with her own show—she always comes to festivals.

Her All Points East show was just INSANE like mega mega superstar levels - I never really saw her as that kinda girlie before but no, she's not the same artist I saw at Melodrama or Solar Power tour, she is serving MAJOR mega performer. The entire thing was so epic - staging, lighting, effects, choreo, camera work, dancers kinda just f**king around on stage, it was so epic and fresh. Feel like she really somehow turn an "x ray" into a performance. Queen of queens! Feeling sorry for the people who don't get her and will only realise late in her career what an epic force she is.